vacant suggests an absence of appropriate contents or occupants.
a vacant apartment
blank stresses the absence of any significant, relieving, or intelligible features on a surface.
a blank wall
void suggests absolute emptiness as far as the mind or senses can determine.
a statement void of meaning
vacuous suggests the emptiness of a vacuum and especially the lack of intelligence or significance.
a vacuous facial expression
Example Sentences
Adjective a blank sheet of paper a book with blank pages Noun The form has a blank for your signature. The actors are shooting blanks. Verb The goalie blanked the Falcons for two periods in the hockey game.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The City of Vincent's website includes a section with information about the town's police department, but as of Sunday the page was blank. Michael Lee, Fox News, 7 Aug. 2022 For us, the Gx bottle is a blank canvas for storytelling and an opportunity to collaborate with our athletes to bring their journey to life in a creative way. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2022 This foundation blurs out the skin, leaving a blank canvas that's perfect for blush or bronzer.ELLE, 22 June 2022 Like the real deal, palm noodles are basically a blank canvas—lending themselves well to so many different meals. Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 June 2022 The filling is inoffensive ricotta and four other filler cheeses, a blank canvas for saucing up. Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 31 May 2022 Think of it like a blank canvas for all of your spring spirit. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022 Versatility and practicality both work in its favor, but the real lure is its ability to be a blank canvas for one’s personal style. Sarah Adams, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Other compositions position elementary black shapes on blank canvas but insert subtle white forms that are visible only on close inspection. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
Noun
Basma Abu Hattab, who served as a supervisor on the solar panel installation for the blood blank, said the solar panels add at least 10 more hours of capacity but still advised that the blood bank keep a generator on standby. Rima Abdelkader, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Segel earns some empathy as a hangdog Everyman, though his backstory remains such a deliberate blank that any insight is mostly gleaned from his blundering missteps and low-simmering misery. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 But the bill stops short of banning all functional guns — including blank-firing weapons — from film and TV sets. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Jan. 2022 So, draw your own conclusion by filling in the blank in the following sentence with a) or b). Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021 Fill in the blank: Koufax, Gibson, Maddux, Valenzula, Scherzer, Buehler etc. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2021 But the Jets couldn’t keep up with the Colts, who scored touchdowns on six of their first seven possessions – and on the one blank were stopped on downs at the New York 1-yard line. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2021 Fill in the blank with service, customer service rep, salesperson, product, etc. Shep Hyken, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 That caused the blank to propel the dummy round out of the barrel, striking Lee. Justin Curto, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2021
Verb
May surviving a rocky 26-pitch first inning to blank the Miami Marlins on one hit and strike out nine in five shutout innings of a 7-0 victory in front of 51,813 at Dodger Stadium. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Blanchard managed to force two pop outs and a strikeout to blank Fairfield-Ludlowe with the night’s drama at its peak. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022 Jack Brown and Joey Wilmoth helped the Tigers blank the Shamrocks the following day. Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2022 But a strikeout of Hays with an 88-mph changeup to end the inning seemed to catapult Syndergaard into the rest of his night, the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder needing only 63 pitches to blank the Orioles on two hits over the next 4 2/3 innings. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022 The North Eastern girls varsity high school ice hockey team traveled to Piney Orchard Ice Rink last Friday to face and blank Howard County, 6-0. Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2021 Instead, the floors of the apartment were concrete, the walls blank plaster.New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021 Wily Peralta and Kyle Funkhouser combined to blank Houston on two hits through the fifth. Dave Hogg, Chron, 27 June 2021 Wily Peralta and Kyle Funkhouser combined to blank Houston on two hits through the fifth. Dave Hogg, Chron, 27 June 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French blanc colorless, white, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German blanch white; probably akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black entry 1